Anybody here seen Layer Cake, someone recommended it along side The Long Good Friday?
I have seen Layer cake and enjoyed it. It's bascially the producer's attempt to continue the success they had with Guy Ritchie doing Lock, Stockand Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch (or so it was presented at the time). That should give a a starting idea of the style they are going for (although I remember it was dialled back a little, which was a good thing, I suppose through the influence of Vaughn). It has Daniel Craig pre-Bond in it.
Just finished The Long Good Friday, 4/5 Very good film, but the musical score was awful. I looked up the guy who wrote it and noticed that he's only scored one other film. I now know why.I'm going to try and find a different DVD of this film, because I want to see this again. But the Criterion disc I had, did not have subtitles, and about 10% of the time, I couldn't understand what Hoskins was saying.Oh yeah, great line in the beginning of the film...Hoskins goes looking for a police snitch and a black kid in the snitches neighborhood won't tell him where the snitch lives. The kid is working underneath a car and Hoskins' henchman Razors, kicks out the support holding up the car. The car narrowly misses the kid, and the kid says to Hoskins, He could have killed me. Hoskins replies, The way my days going, I could have gotten you a cut rate funeral. Great line!
Had 3 come in today...Layer Cake, This is England and Princess Monoke.Once more into the breech with an Anime film, I hope this one sways my opinion of them.
Thanks for info! I have to admit that I currently do not have an affinity to anime. I just want to give it a try but I don't have a clue what movie would be a good starter!
What was the point of the apes or the small clicking spirits that lead Ashitaka through the woods?
Another plot point that is completely dismissed is the round object that the boar demon had swallowed. At first, Ashitaka is curious as to what it is, but then, at the end of the film it is left unresolved.
Another thing that was confusing was the unresolved issue of San. What happened to her after Ashitaka rescues her from Okkatsu? She disappears altogether.
Also, at the end of the film, Ashitaka decides that he will remain at the ironworks. Why? He's a prince of his own people from the East, and just decides to abandon them. This didn't make any sense to me.